Canadian Institute For Health Information

Birth Rates Dept: TORONTO - Hospitals have recorded a drop in the number of babies born across the country, reversing a 10-year trend of increasing birth rates, says a report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, according to Winnipeg Free Press. All provinces and territories reported a drop in birth rates, except for Yukon, which had a slight increase and a child nurses in Vancouver, B.C., on August 7, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The CIHI report, released Thursday, shows that more than 371,000 infants were born in hospitals in 2010-2011 about 5,600 or 1.5 per cent fewer than the previous year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.